GNU bug report logs - #23925
25.0.95; cairo: display broken when maximizing frames

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 03:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: help

Merged with 24310

Found in versions 25.0.95, 25.1

Done: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #33 received at 23925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, winkler <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23925: 25.0.95; display broken when maximizing frame
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 21:03:35 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> What does that mean in practice, though?  We already have that option
> off by default, which should be enough of a hint to anybody that this
> option should not be turned on without a good reason.

Probably overkill, but eg:

--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3164,6 +3164,13 @@ AC_SUBST(M17N_FLT_LIBS)
 HAVE_CAIRO=no
 if test "${HAVE_X11}" = "yes"; then
   if test "${with_cairo}" != "no"; then
+
+    AC_MSG_WARN([The Emacs Cairo port is experimental and unmaintained,
+and not recommended for use by non-developers.  There are several
+known display problems.  Please do not report display-related bugs in Cairo
+builds unless you are willing to fix them yourself.])
+    sleep 3
+
     CAIRO_REQUIRED=1.12.0
     CAIRO_MODULE="cairo >= $CAIRO_REQUIRED"
     EMACS_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO, $CAIRO_MODULE)


(since AFAICS we have no-one who can work on these issues.)
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